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Tea Caddy (Chaire), Japan, Edo period

Tea Caddy (Chaire), Japan, Edo period

A vase with a black and white glaze, Japan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Case (Inrō) in the Shape of an Ink Stick with Design of Hotei (Putai) (obverse); Musical Instruments (reverse)

Case (Inrō) in the Shape of an Ink Stick with Design of Hotei (Putai) ...

Public domain photo of a golden object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

永樂保全作 金襴手鳳凰吉祥文銚子|Sake Ewer (Chōshi) with Phoenixes and Auspicious Patterns

永樂保全作 金襴手鳳凰吉祥文銚子|Sake Ewer (Chōshi) with Phoenixes and Auspicious Patt...

Public domain photo of a golden object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fukubiki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Fukubiki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women standing, holding small boxes for a lottery game, with a man kneeling between them. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Nikenjaya fujiya onobu - Public domain  drawing

Nikenjaya fujiya onobu - Public domain drawing

Print shows Onobu carrying a sake pot, walking toward steps outside a building, looking to the left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. F... More

[Satsuki(?)] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

[Satsuki(?)] - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a domestic scene with a woman carrying a young child on her back, whom she may have been breast feeding, another woman holding a long pipe in her right hand and her left hand covering her mouth, als... More

Kemari suru sankanjo, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Kemari suru sankanjo, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: horizontal Chuban Nishikie Surimono. Attributed to: Hishikawa Sōri.... More

Yatsushi gyōja bushō amakawaya gihei - Ukiyo e print

Yatsushi gyōja bushō amakawaya gihei - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting on a trunk, holding a fan.

Osono rokusaburō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Osono rokusaburō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman handing a pipe to her lover who is behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū aikyō kurabe... More

Fuyu no yanebune - Public domain  drawing

Fuyu no yanebune - Public domain drawing

Print shows three women on a houseboat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: probably one of a vertical Aiban Nishikie triptypch.... More

Niwa Tokei - Shōgatsu kazari - Public domain  drawing

Niwa Tokei - Shōgatsu kazari - Public domain drawing

Print shows a lobster, ribbon, and tree branches arranged on a box. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: full Obosho Nishikie Sur... More

Yamauba no chichi o suh kintaro

Yamauba no chichi o suh kintaro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Sake zuki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Sake zuki, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a woman pouring sake into a saucer for a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Tōsei kōbutsu hakkei : Eigh... More

Kinuta no tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Kinuta no tamagawa, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman daydreaming while leaning on a device for beating cloth; a young boy holding a cage is standing nearby. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print sp... More

Matsubaya uchi segawa, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Matsubaya uchi segawa, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows the courtesan, Segawa, with two young male and female servants. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: probably the left ... More

Yamauba no kami o tsukamu kintaro

Yamauba no kami o tsukamu kintaro

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Teisai Hokuba (蹄斎北馬) - Haru no noasobi

Teisai Hokuba (蹄斎北馬) - Haru no noasobi

Print shows two women standing, one offering a pipe to a person squatting near a pillar. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokon... More

Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Ōkarakuri, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman working a peepshow box for two children. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Fūryū kodakara awase : A... More

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Nagasaki no chizu Historic map, Library of Congress

Japanese print shows map of harbor area of Nagasaki. Nagasaki print. One corner is torn. Backed with sheet of paper covered with Japanese writing. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 176; 47623a. Earl... More

Futamigaura, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Futamigaura, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women walking in the surf at the edge of a beach at Futamigaura, with view of one of the Meotoiwa (wedded rocks) and the knotted ropes in the background. Title and other descriptive informatio... More

Hinamatsuri - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Hinamatsuri - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a woman and children at a tea party. Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Onagadori o motsu onna to kamuro

Onagadori o motsu onna to kamuro

Print shows a woman holding a rooster to which a young female attendant offers a cup of water.

Ōshima shimajo, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Ōshima shimajo, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Saishikizuri Kyoka Ehon. Part of an illustrated Kyoka book. Forms part of: Japanese prints a... More

Yodaime Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Kunimasa - Ukiyo e print

Yodaime Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Kunimasa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows actor Iwai Hanshirō IV, three-quarter length portrait, reclining, facing left. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Attributed ... More

Nidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Nidanme, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the young samurai Rikiya placing a gift in front of Konami with her mother standing behind her and Honzo observing from behind a screen, from act 2 of the chushingura. Title and other descriptive in... More

Urashima tarō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Urashima tarō, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a man (the fisherman) dancing wearing a kerchief and a skirt with a turtle motif, and a woman playing a shamisen; a fishing pole and the gift box containing time are in the background. Title and oth... More

Kesaubumi uri - Public domain  drawing

Kesaubumi uri - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man carrying love charms hanging from a tree branch over his shoulder, a child appears to dance in front of him, and depicted in a heart-shaped "valentine" in the upper right corner are a woman an... More

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Bijin to otafuku, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows two actors, one wearing an otafuku mask and drinking from a cup, head-and-shoulders portrait. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-... More

Gotenyama no umemi - Public domain scan / drawing

Gotenyama no umemi - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows two women and a child with a telescope viewing plum blossoms from the edge of a cliff on the coast. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Daimyō no okuzashiki - Ukiyo e print

Toyohiro Utagawa: Daimyō no okuzashiki - Ukiyo e print

Print shows three women sitting in a room with elaborate wall painting of peacocks. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Right pane... More

Toenmei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Toenmei, print by Utamaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a woman sitting with a young girl and a young boy, the boy is wearing a mask of the devil. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Gokuin sen'emon to okuri no onna

Gokuin sen'emon to okuri no onna

Print shows two actors in a kabuki play, one as a woman with a paper lantern standing next to Gokuin Sen'emon, one of the five chivalrous men.

Matsubaya uchi yoyotose yoyoginu - Ukiyo e print

Matsubaya uchi yoyotose yoyoginu - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Kisen, Shunman Kubo - Public domain portrait print

Kisen, Shunman Kubo - Public domain portrait print

Print shows Kisen (possibly the poet Kisen Hōshi), full-length portrait, facing left, with right arm raised and carrying a basket under his left arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no rikiya

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō minosuke no rikiya

Print shows the actor Bandō Minosuke as the young samurai Rikiya from the Chushingura. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one pan... More

Suehirogari, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Suehirogari, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two dancers, one holding a fan and the other holding a parasol. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. One page from an illustrat... More

Hanafuji eijo, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Hanafuji eijo, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows Hanafuji Eijo, facing left, sitting, reading. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Saishikizuri Kyoka Ehon. Part of a... More

Kanmuri ni hiōgi, Shunman Kubo - Public domain  drawing

Kanmuri ni hiōgi, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of... More

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi - Public domain  drawing

Ōgiya uchi hanaōgi - Public domain drawing

Print shows Hanaōgi, a courtesan, half-length, holding a portrait of a man. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Edo shin-... More

Kudanme, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain image related to music prformance, drawing

Kudanme, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain image related to music prf...

Print shows a woman putting on a hat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yatsushi chūshingura : A modern chūshingura. ... More

Zōshigaya miyage, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Zōshigaya miyage, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows a man holding an infant and a woman holding a toy to distract or entertain the child. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Haha to musume to chinomigo - Public domain  drawing

Haha to musume to chinomigo - Public domain drawing

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Hashirae-ban Nishikie. Forms part of: R. Leicester Harmsworth collection. Forms part of: Japan... More

Miyakodori (masski inari), Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Miyakodori (masski inari), Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a family arriving at a temple or shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: color printed picture book. One page fr... More

Ryakuga ōji ebiya no zu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Ryakuga ōji ebiya no zu, Tsukimaro Kitagawa

Print shows women exiting sedan chairs and entering a restaurant. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: right panel of a vertical Ob... More

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Kasanui, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Shokunin sanjū roku... More

Machiya no nyōbō, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Machiya no nyōbō, Tsukimaro Kitagawa - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Dōkanyama shinagawa oki ukie - Public domain scenic drawing

Dōkanyama shinagawa oki ukie - Public domain scenic drawing

Print shows view from shore of harbor with people sitting on a bluff in the foreground, others are seen walking along the beach, and ships moored in the distance. Title and other descriptive information compile... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari

Utagawa Toyokuni - San yakusha kaian-ji no momijigari

Print shows the actors Matsumoto Koshirō V, Bandō Mitsugorō III, and Iwai Hanshirō V in rural landscape. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

Junsai ni ume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Junsai ni ume - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a plum branch and a bowl of "wild water lily" sprouts.

Hahaoya ni umanori suru yōji - Public domain  drawing

Hahaoya ni umanori suru yōji - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman on her hands and knees with a child climbing or riding on her back. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: hori... More

Shōno, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Shōno, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows three travelers sitting in a room at a rest stop, eating and drinking. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: ... More

Chiryū, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Chiryū, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a view through clouds above rooftops, of a shrine and mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaid... More

Akasaka, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Akasaka, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows a woman making silk thread in a room with the sliding panels open to the outdoors, and with a small child on a long leash, crawling toward the opening; portion of a folding screen shows view of Moun... More

Shigenoi kowakare, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Shigenoi kowakare, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing a woman holding a tray of rice cakes?, standing over a man sitting on the floor next to a gameboard. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Godanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Godanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Yoichibei, an old man, returning home after selling his daughter, Okaru, to a brothel to raise money so that his son-in-law, Kampei, can redeem himself. Yochibei is being robbed and murdered by Sada... More

Yanagi no sita no bijin - Public domain scan / drawing

Yanagi no sita no bijin - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows two women, one wearing a large white hat, and a child standing beneath a willow tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Fo... More

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūnidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Kira Yoshinaka - Jūnidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows the night attack on the villa and the capture of Moronō (Kira). Scene from act twelve of the play Chūshingura or revenge of the 47 Rōnin. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibun... More

Yokkaichi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Yokkaichi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women travelers smoking pipes, sitting in baskets on a horse, with a male attendant, at a shrine. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists ... More

Narumi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Narumi, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman working with fabric as a child tries to look over her shoulder. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series:... More

Shinagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Shinagawa, Katsushika Hokusai, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows three women sorting clams by size, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the s... More

Miya, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Miya, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a large building on the corner of the seawall, possibly an inn or temple, and a large ship departing the Miya station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibu... More

Segawa michisaburō - Public domain portrait print

Segawa michisaburō - Public domain portrait print

Print shows the actor Segawa Michisaburō, full-length portrait, body turned to the right, facing left, holding a board in raised left hand, in an onnagata role. Title and other descriptive information compiled ... More

Nidanme - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Nidanme - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows, in the background, Konami sitting inside a building, probably meeting with her lover Rikiya, who is not visible, though the hilt of a sword can be seen through the opening, at center is Wakasanosuk... More

Sanshi no seiran - Drawing. Public domain image.

Sanshi no seiran - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed buildings in a mountain village and villagers, near a river.

Enshoku akisame monogatari - Public domain  drawing

Enshoku akisame monogatari - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman sitting on the floor and a man standing on steps behind her. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Kap... More

Okazaki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Okazaki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a procession of warlords across a bridge after a winter snowfall at the Okazaki station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Okazaki shuku sono ni - Public domain  drawing

Okazaki shuku sono ni - Public domain drawing

Print shows a bird's-eye view of a castle or temple buildings in landscape with mountains. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the ... More

Seta no sekisho, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Seta no sekisho, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the crowded Seta Bridge across a large river. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Shin... More

Amagoi komachi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Amagoi komachi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Print shows poet Ono no Komachi bent over with a child on her back. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Fūryū nana koma... More

Hana, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain portrait print

Hana, Utagawa Toyokuni - Public domain portrait print

Print shows a woman, full-length portrait, standing beneath a tree branch with blossoms, facing left, with several hairpins in her hair, holding a handkerchief next to her right eye, looking at a mirror or pict... More

Wakamatsuya uchi midorigi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Wakamatsuya uchi midorigi, print by Utamaro Kitagawa

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Aiban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ishiyama no aki no tsuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Ishiyama no aki no tsuki - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a temple(?) on a mountain on the coastline of Ishiyama in the Ōmi Province, with a shrine on the shore, pilgrims or travelers on stairway leading up the mountainside, and boats offshore.

Awazu no seiran, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Awazu no seiran, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows people walking along coastline under clearing skies outside a walled city. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the seri... More

Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain  drawing

Hiiragi ni iwashi ni ume - Public domain drawing

Print shows two fish and plums on holly branches. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Kokonotsugiri-ban Nishikie Surimono. Forms p... More

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Futamigaura

Katsukawa Shunsen (勝川 春扇) - Futamigaura

Print shows a woman in a sedan chair with porters and a male traveler stopping to admire the twin rock formations, also known as the Meoto-iwa or Wedded rocks, at Futamigaura in the Ise Province. Title and othe... More

Shirasuka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Shirasuka - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a man and a woman in domestic setting with bowl of fabric or clay.

Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Iwai Hanshirō, Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukiyo e print

Print showing the actor Iwai Hanshirō, full-length, sitting on the floor, playing the role of a woman. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō, Mitsugorō no Ukiyo Tōei

Utagawa Toyokuni - Bandō, Mitsugorō no Ukiyo Tōei

Print showing the actor Bandō, Mitsugorō, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, in the role of Ukiyo Tōei. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists... More

Yoshiwara, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Yoshiwara, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of a yoshiwara with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the serie... More

Rokudanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Rokudanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Kampei in the act of seppuku; a woman, probably Osai, the brothel-keeper who has come with the final payment for Okaru, is standing near Kampei, as a porter waits next to her sedan chair. Scene from... More

Azumabashi o wataru ichikawa omezō to sawamura gennosuke

Azumabashi o wataru ichikawa omezō to sawamura gennosuke

Print shows the actors Ichikawa Omezo and Sawamura Gennosuke walking across the Azuma Bridge, with two porters nearby.

Sakadaru o sashiageru otoko - Public domain portrait drawing

Sakadaru o sashiageru otoko - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a man from behind lifting a sake barrel and holding it aloft with one arm. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: verti... More

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Shimada, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows porters carrying a large sedan chair, pilgrims, and packages across a wide stream. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From ... More

Kawasaki, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Kawasaki, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows a man and a woman dyeing cloth. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizontal Yatsug... More

Ishiyakushi, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Ishiyakushi, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows an elderly traveler or monk reading banners hanging above a watering trough; his hat is on the ground behind him. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Ōiso, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Ōiso, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women watching a man try to lift a large stone or bundle. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō R... More

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Arai, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows pilgrims or travelers walking with a porter carrying a shoulder pole along the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2... More

Shirasuka - Drawing. Public domain image. - Ukiyo e print

Shirasuka - Drawing. Public domain image. - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a traveler on horseback and another man stopping at a tearoom at the Shirasuka station on the Tōkaidō Road.

Kaidō ni shōkin, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Kaidō ni shōkin, Andō Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Aitanzaku Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).

Ishiyama no shūgetsu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Ishiyama no shūgetsu, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a bird's-eye view of a coastline with mountains and buildings, and of people in small boats on the sea. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialist... More

Edochō echizenya uchi morokoshi - Ukiyo e print

Edochō echizenya uchi morokoshi - Ukiyo e print

Print shows the courtesan Morokoshi, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing numerous hairpins, with a young female attendant also wearing an elaborate hair dressing. Title and other descriptive in... More

Sumiyoshi odori, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Sumiyoshi odori, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a group of actors/musicians wearing masks, dancing, and playing musical instruments during festival. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists i... More

Enpo no kihan - Drawing. Public domain image.

Enpo no kihan - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, sailboats laden with cargo approaching shore, and a bridge over an inlet.

Fumizuki, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Eizan Kikukawa

Fumizuki, Head and Shoulders Portrait, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows two women, head-and-shoulder portraits, possibly composing poems as part of a competition. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.... More

Kameyama - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Kameyama - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows two travelers, one possibly a porter, with luggage and shoulder pole at a rest stop, with large building, possibly a temple or castle in the background.

Yoshiwara suzume, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Yoshiwara suzume, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women, one sitting and one standing, near a large basket. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Odori zuku... More

Shichidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Shichidanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin

Print shows Yuranosuke reading a long letter without noticing that Okaru, Kampei's lover, seated on a railing above, and Kudayū, one of Moronō's retainers, hiding under the veranda, surreptitiously read the let... More

Ne no hi no komatsubiki - Public domain  drawing

Ne no hi no komatsubiki - Public domain drawing

Print shows two women, one presenting pine boughs to a man holding a fan. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Kogata Nishikie Su... More

Heisa rakugan - Public domain scan / drawing

Heisa rakugan - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows a cluster of buildings in the shadow of mountains and along the shore of a body of water; a flock of geese has landed on the sandy shoreline. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nich... More

Gyōja Bushō, Shunman Kubo - Public domain  drawing

Gyōja Bushō, Shunman Kubo - Public domain drawing

Print shows a woman, wearing kimono with a tiger design identifying her as Gyōja Bushō, holding a toy on a string, playing with a cat. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored E... More

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